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Wal-Mart to J.C. Penney join Bangladesh safety talks
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 22 days ago
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Penney join Bangladesh safety talks Friday, May 3, 2013 * Retailers join colloquy on Bangladesh factory conditions...Penney Co. were among retailers sending representatives to a meeting near Frankfurt to discuss allying to improve worker safety in
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Unions to flex May Day muscle
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 24 days ago
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Representatives from the unions said that the national strike would be to demand the end of the cheap-labor policy, outsourcing and union busting and for the implementation of social security schemes. Said Iqbal said unions intended the strike to be
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Roses & Raspberries
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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A Nothing to Hide' rose A rose to Supervisor Dave Roberts for assembling a seven-member panel to help him decide how and where to dole out his share of more than $2.6 million in community enhancement money. This slush fund has long been used by
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Union urges San Pablo council take labor's side in dispute with Indian casino
Pablo :: MT :: USA | 1 month ago
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Protesters marched on Casino San Pablo and City Hall on Monday before weighing in during the City Council meeting to demand that the city take labor's side in an ongoing dispute with the Indian casino. The protest, which comprised about 25 workers
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Labor activist urges “innovation” in workers' rights organizing
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Politics Blog Labor activist urges innovation in workers' rights organizing (0) Even as renowned labor activist Bill Fletcher Jr. geared up for a talk last Thursday to describe the dire situation he believes the labor movement is facing, local
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Corporate Rule Has ‘Infected' AFL-CIO Leadership, Labor Activist Contends
New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 months ago
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Kelber feels an obligation to challenge a president who, he says, is pursuing wealth and prestige rather than the true ideals of labor activism. Kelber contends that under Trumka's leadership, the AFL-CIO has failed to address the mounting threat
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Labor-practices case against Hyatt Regency Baltimore hotel begins
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 4 months ago
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In a November complaint, the board's general counsel alleged that Hyatt Regency managers who "interrogated employees about their union activities" suddenly began "invoking harsh discipline" when employees arrived late to work and fired four people
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EXPECTING PAYBACK: Unions Look for Benefits From Obama Re-Election
Bogotá :: Colombia | 5 months ago
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FoxNews.com Going into his second term, President Obama may find himself more beholden than ever to America's labor unions, even as their membership continues to decline -- lately, to just 11.8 percent of the workforce. The unions, as in 2008,
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Why America's unions are losing power
Union :: OR :: USA | 5 months ago
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passed by legislators and signed hours later on Tuesday -- not only signals a change in America's so-called Rust Belt, but is also the latest sign that the power of organized labor is shrinking in the United States. American unions already have a
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Romney favors restrictions on union dues
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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If elected president, Mitt Romney says, he'll ask Congress to prohibit labor unions from using dues deducted from their members' paychecks for political campaigns, a nationwide application of the Proposition 32 initiative that Californians will
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